"Nice to meetcha, Vania. So..." Rina peered over Vania's shoulder into the RC, her eyebrows rising when she spotted the mass of pink. "Flamingo problem, huh? And your partner's, uh, vanished?" She bit her lip. "Think there's a connection, or maybe something happened with plotholes?"

Her eyes had bags, and her hair wasn't in its usual ponytail, but she still gave Rina a smile. "Hey, there! Wasn't sure you would really come around." She thrust a hand out to Rina. "Pleased to meet... more

Rina ran her fingers though her hair. "Possibly something like in the Doctor Who episode Fear Her , where some powerful being drew these flamingos into your room, or at least dumped them here. Or... more

"See, Doc was, uh, drunk last night. Um, he had had a Butterbeer at Rudi's, and they have almost no alcohol content, but I guess Doc didn't know that and is also a super-lightweight? And the second I ... more

While Vania checked the console, Rina knelt next to one of the flamingos and turned it over, looking for markings. However, when she moved the flamingo, something inside it rattled. "Vania?" she... more

Vania leaned out of her chair and pushed a couple of flamingos off the wall they were leaning on. They slid down and hit the floor, making them rattle. "Huh. Well, I guess it's time to recreate... more

Rina set the crystal Vania had offered her aside in favor of pulling her crowbar from her belt. She raised it over her head and brought it down on a flamingo's back. The crowbar hit the plastic with... more

Vania had stabbed the Needler crystal through another. "Blagh, glitter? I didn't expect Sues to be involved. I just thought Doc had gone drunk shoplifting in some tacky thrift store." Vania moved... more

...and clapped her hands over her mouth to stifle a shriek of excitement. The agents were standing smack in the middle of the cabins at Camp Half-Blood. Rina spun around, taking in the view- and... more

Vania opened the portal, and stepped into . . . "Whoa. Ow. Colors." She shielded her eyes against a pink- and red-brick road that led to a town and castle, all in bright, bright colors. "This is . .... more

"It's, like, a legit Sue colony. A long while ago , some Sues started doing experiments in that castle over there that wound up sucking agents out of HQ. We mounted a rescue mission and stopped the... more

Wherever Rina was able to look without her eyes aching, there was glitter. In fact, she and Vania had landed in a pile of the stuff and their feet and legs were now caked with sparkle. "Yech. I'd... more

"Yes, let's," she said, kicking away some of the glitter. As Vania had predicted, the next portal led straight back to grey HQ. They found themselves in a fairly large room with a large number of... more

"Well, the Lounge's geography has always been a little wonky, but I feel like someone would have found the pool by now if it had been in the lounge all along." She began stepping around the profusion ... more

allowed himself to be dragged backwards, then upwards, into the Lounge. "Doc, what were you thinking, sitting in water that cold? What was that, Siberia?" "New York," Doc said quietly. He dropped the ... more

After dumping the complete works of Rowling, Riordan and Flanagan on the floor next to Vania, she finally found her neuralyzer at the bottom of her pockets. "Sorry, my partner tends to use hers... more

Doc's eyes had slowly grown wider and wider as he watched Rina cover the floor in books. Now, he reached out for them. "Preeeeeciooouuus." Vania whapped his hands. "Bad Doc! Not your Precious!" Then, ... more

She crammed the books back in her pockets and lowered herself through the portal, the neuralyzer clamped between her teeth. "I haf m' RA in m' pcket," she mumbled around the neuralyzer. "Meet you 'n... more

"Who's that?" Doc said, his teeth chattering. "Did you introduce a new character without me?" Vania rolled her eyes. "That's Rina. You can talk to her later. Right now, we need to get you out of... more

Rina would have grinned at Doc's comment if it weren't for gear of dropping the neuralyzer in the frigid waters below. This is gonna suck , she thought to herself, and let go. Luckily, a girl falling ... more

Vania had been watching Doc sleep when Rina arrived. Doc was in a bed, covered in heated blankets and quilts. Vania turned when she heard the water. She stared in surprise as Rina stood up, then... more

"They don't think he was in the water too long, because he was still in the early stages of hypothermia. They're getting him warmed back up. He got some frostbite around his toes, but they have some... more

and then down at herself; she was shivering violently and dripping seawater everywhere. "Oh, f-fine," she chattered, shrugging out of her sodden coat and allowing the nurse to wrap her in a hot... more

"But I'll be sure he knows once he wakes up. "It has been fun. I'm sure we'll see each other around. The Flowers will probably, coincidentally assign us a mission together, now that we've met! "And,... more

Rina grinned. "And hey, I should bring my p-partner along. If we ever end up working together, it might be n-nice to have everyone already acquainted. Plus I still haven't really m-met Doc, have I?"... more